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#1 2009-03-19 18:33:05
- Chris Kavanaugh
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Correct me if I am wrong
I see lots of lovely descriptions for leather; burnished, cobbled's etc.
And investigation reveals this is corrected leather.
As I underestand it, corrected is a euphemism for sanded.
And I am under the belief sanded leather is an inferior product, impossible to apply creme or wax to.
" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "
G.K. Chesterton
#2 2009-03-19 20:07:49
- The_Shooman
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Re: Correct me if I am wrong
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#3 2009-03-19 20:40:05
- The_Shooman
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#4 2009-03-19 21:03:44
- captainpreppy
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Re: Correct me if I am wrong
Burnished calfskin is emphatically not "corrected grain."
#5 2009-03-19 21:08:00
- Chris Kavanaugh
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Re: Correct me if I am wrong
Ouch, that must have hurt.
In an emergency, I bought a once highly thought of shoe now made in India.
I think they were corrected with a hardwood floor power sander and drowned in clear fingernail polish.
They lasted long enough to replace with a AE.
My oldest Park Avenues received a long overdue major cleaning and repolishing today.
I was amazed at how many 'trophies' they carry, yet still buff up to a presentable pair if not closely examined.
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" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "
G.K. Chesterton
#6 2009-03-20 07:14:19
- Tony Ventresca
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Re: Correct me if I am wrong
I always wonder about the iGents, why do their shoos fall apart so quickly? They like to blame corrected grain, but they probably just buy the wrong size and then abuse them. If they are wearing out their shoos at a fast rate, then something is wrong and it's not the shoos. Even cheap corrected grain, made in Crapistan, shoos will last a decent long time.
#7 2009-03-20 07:35:07
- The_Shooman
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#11 2009-03-20 17:10:39
- Chris Kavanaugh
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Re: Correct me if I am wrong
Engineering reps from Rover visited a Toyota plant in Tokyo. Their japanese counterparts took them to the lab where a new body shell was being tested for the fit of ddors, bonnet and boot.
A very sophisticated lazer beam from inside would set off sensor alarms on the walls, instantly recorded on a compter with precise data on the failed section.
Impressed, the two brits went home and directly to their R&D department.
'Nigel, show us again our procedure for checking body integrity.' Nigel stood up, grabbed a cat and put it inside a new Rover. When the cat slipped out the rear hatch Nigel took an irish screwdriver and gave it a bang.
" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "
G.K. Chesterton